NGC 2952
| Galaxy NGC 2952 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 37 m 37.0 s |
| declination | -10 ° 11 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB? Dm? IV: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031168 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 9344 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(409 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (125.5 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Frank Muller |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2952 • PGC 27411 • 2MASX J09373694-1011001 • 2MASS J09373698-1011002 | |
NGC 2952 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SD in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 409 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
The property was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886 .